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EP 0 558 651 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 08.09.1993 Bulletin 1993/36 (21) Application number: 92901424.0 (22) Date of filing: 19.11.1991

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B60R 21/ 26( . ) B60R 21/ 272( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1991/008639 (87) International publication number: WO 1992/009459 (11.06.1992 Gazette 1992/13)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE ES FR GB IT SE (30) Priority: 27.11.1990 US 19900618428 (71) Applicant: BENDIX ATLANTIC INFLATOR COMPANY Morristown, NJ 07962-2245 (US)

(72) Inventors: WOODS, Charles, David Gainesville, GA 22065 (US) RENFROE, Donald, W. Haymarket, VA 22069 (US) ROSE, james, Michael Fairfax, VA 22033 (US) BAZEL, Teresa, Lorriane Annadale, VA 22003 (US) FRANTOM, Richard, L. Richmond, MI 48062 (US) BISHOP, Robert, J. Washington, MI 48094 (US) KREMER, Robert, M. Fraser, MI 48026 (US) OCKER, Klaus, F. Fraser, MI 48026 (US) BROWN, Roy Hot Springs, AZ 71913 (US) (74) Representative: Turner, Alan Reginald  c/o Bendix Limited Douglas Road Kingswood, Bristol BS15 2NL Kingswood, Bristol BS15 2NL (GB)